Thucydides’ vision of ancient Crete was a thalassocracy ... BRITISH MUSEUM/SCALA, FLORENCE As the Minoan upper classes grew increasing wealthy, they imported luxuries—jewelry and precious ...

an allegorical site or a tribute to ancient civilizations Lanta Davis and Vince Reighard Experts added a carbon fiber pole to help anchor the "Apollo Belvedere," which had developed cracks along ...

A Roman gladiator’s tomb from the third century A.D. was uncovered in modern-day Turkey. Instead of the gladiator, archaeologists found the remains of 12 unidentified people in the reused tomb. The ...

It is also the location of the Ancient Greek city of Stagira, the birthplace of one of the world's most famous philosophers, Aristotle. The region is renowned for its gold deposits, mined since ...

King Midas is the ruler of Phrygia. One day he finds a satyr (upper body of a man, legs of a goat) in need of help and provides assistance. The satyr is a favourite of the god Dionysus ...

This book is the only up-to-date general introduction to ancient Greek sport now available in English. Its subjects include the origins and history of the Olympic games, athletic nudity, ...

A 2-meter-sized Roman statue of a possibly important emperor was discovered near Varna (formerly the ancient Greek colony ...

Calisthenics may conjure up images of grade school P.E. class, but recently it has become ... Calisthenics is nothing new — to the contrary, it's actually ancient. The term calisthenics comes from the ...

In 4,000 BC women had equality with men in Ancient Sumer ... concubines of the upper classes should not go outside uncovered. On the other hand prostitutes were not entitled to wear the veil ...

At minimum, the University could set an upper ... Ancient Greek Hero means something very different than earning one in Stat 110, and this policy could discourage students from taking the easiest ...